Elisabeth Maria van Vreeden
- Name
- Elisabeth Maria /van Vreeden/
- Given names
- Elisabeth Maria
- Surname
- van Vreeden
- Name
- Elisabeth Maria /Pretorius/
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- married name
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Source citation: Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region. |
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Source citation: Note: 17 March - The first British settlers arrived in Table Bay, Cape Town on the Nautilus and the Chapman. 1 May - The Albury reaches Cape Town bringing settlers to Albany, South Africa. They arrive in Algoa Bay on 15 May. 2 May - La Belle Alliance reached Cape Town. She brought British settlers to Algoa Bay. 4000 British settlers started arriving in Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth), they settled in Grahamstown and along the frontier. |
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Citation details: Pretorius, p390, b3c7d1e1f3. |
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Source citation: Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling. |
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Source citation: Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony. |
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Citation details: Pretorius, p390, b3c7d1e1f3g3. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza. |
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Source citation: Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War. |
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Source citation: Note: The South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, ZAR), often referred to as the Transvaal and sometimes as the Republic of Transvaal, was an independent and internationally recognised country in Southern Africa from 1852 to 1902. |
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Source citation: Note: The Orange Free State (Dutch: Oranje-Vrijstaat, Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat) was an independent Boer sovereign republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province. |
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Source citation: Note: The Eureka Diamond was the first diamond discovered in South Africa. It weighed 21.25 carats (4.250 g), and was found by Erasmus Jacobs near Hopetown on the Orange River in 1867. The diamond, cut to a 10.73-carat (2.146 g) cushion-shaped brilliant, is currently on display at the Mine Museum in Kimberley. The discovery of diamonds in South Africa led to the Kimberley Diamond Rush, and marked the beginning of the Mineral Revolution. |
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Source citation: Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field. |
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Source citation: Note: In 1881 gold in the Barberton area was discovered by Tom McLachlan who found alluvial gold at Jamestown. However due to the location (the hot lowveld region was rife with malaria) no-one wanted to go there until Auguste Roberts (French Bob) discovered gold in Concession Creek in 20 June 1883. This discovery resulted in a gold rush to the area. |
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Source citation: Note: Discovery of the Main Reef in Witwatersrand. Gold rushes to Pilgrim's Rest and Barberton were precursors to the biggest discovery of all, the Main Reef/Main Reef Leader on Gerhardus Oosthuizen's farm Langlaagte, Portion C, in 1886, the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the subsequent rapid development of the gold field there, the biggest of them all. |
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Death of a husband
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Citation details: Pretorius, p390, b3c7d1e1f3. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town. |
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Marriage of a son
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Citation details: Death notice: Barbara Wilhelmina STEAR (1934), TAB MHG #86263, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSSD-P4GL?cc=2520237&wc=Q6VB-BYF%3A1590242847 : 16 December 2016), 007820965 > image 1784 of 2138; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 11 Dec 2019 Citation details: Pretorius, p390, b3c7d1e1f3g3. |
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Source citation: Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa. |
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Death of a son
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Citation details: Pretorius, p390, b3c7d1e1f3g3. |
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Source citation: Note: Union of South Africa established. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban. |
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1805–1890
Birth: November 2, 1805
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Death: June 10, 1890 — Dist. Marico, North West Province, South Africa |
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| Marriage | Marriage — December 4, 1825 — |
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Descendants of Elisabeth Maria van Vreeden
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Generation 1
She married Johannes Jacobus Pretorius, son of Jacobus Johannes Pretorius and Martha Magdalena Haarhof, on December 4, 1825. He was born on November 2, 1805 and died on June 10, 1890 in Dist. Marico, North West Province, South Africa at the age of 84.
Children of Elisabeth Maria van Vreeden and Johannes Jacobus Pretorius:
- Petrus Hermanus Pretorius (1831–1908)
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Generation 2 back to top
Petrus Hermanus Pretorius, son of Johannes Jacobus Pretorius and Elisabeth Maria van Vreeden, was born on November 18, 1831 and died on March 23, 1908 at the age of 76.
He married 2 times. The first time he married Maria Susanna Elizabeth Janse van Rensburg, daughter of Luduwich Johannes Janse van Rensburg and Maria Susanna Elizabeth Jacobs, on March 13, 1854 in Potchefstroom, North West Province, South Africa. She was born calculated July 2, 1837 in Free State, South Africa and died on February 23, 1903 in Schulpatkuil, Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa.
The second time he married Barbara Wilhelmina Stear, daughter of John Richard Stear and Maria Susanna Theron, on February 15, 1904 in Boshof, Free State, South Africa. She was born on October 14, 1855 in Boshof, Free State, South Africa and died on August 8, 1934 in Christiana, North West Province, South Africa at the age of 78.
Ancestors of Elisabeth Maria van Vreeden
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Generation 1
